Tadeusz Kotarbiński's Action Theory: Reinterpretive Studies

ISBN-13: 9783319820231 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 244 str.

Piotr Tomasz Makowski

Spis treści

1. Introduction. Theory of Efficient Action--The Task of Reinterpretation

2. The Virtues and Vices of Kotarbiński’s Praxiology

3. Effectiveness and Efficiency. The Praxiological Sense of Actions

4. Consequences of Concretism: Rationality and Reasons for Action.

5. The Organization of Actions and Planning

6. Automaticity and the Economization of Actions

7. Shared Agency. The Praxiological Approach

Epilogue

O autorze

Piotr Makowski is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. His current research interests embrace action theory, philosophy of psychology, and theories of rationality. He has presented his ideas at conferences and seminars in America, Europe, and Asia. He is an awardee of the Fulbright Foundation and the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Blurb

The book introduces Tadeusz Kotarbiński’s philosophy of action into the mainstream of contemporary action-theoretical debates. Piotr Makowski shows that Kotarbiński–Alfred Tarski’s teacher and one of the most important philosophers of the renowned Lvov-Warsaw school—proposed a groundbreaking, original, and (in at least a few respects) still fresh perspective in action theorizing. The book examines and develops Kotarbiński’s ideas in the context of the most recent discussions in the philosophy of action. The main idea behind Kotarbiński’s action theory—and thus, behind this book—is the significance of the philosophical investigations of the general conditions of effectiveness, efficiency, and economy of intentional actions. Makowski presents and reinterprets Kotarbiński’s views on these dimensions of our activities and sheds new light on the most important areas of action theory.